Negotiable instruments

in the District Court, D. Massachusetts

1,078

Cases

69%

Ended before merits

744 of 1,078 cases

83.5%

Plaintiff win

of 334 merits judgments

86.4%

National rate

-2.9 pts here

Plaintiffs prevail on the merits 2.9 points less often here than across all federal courts — see every district.

How they closed

Dismissed37.8%
Settled26.3%
Plaintiff win25.9%
Defendant win4.3%
Remanded2.4%
Other1.6%
Transferred0.8%
Mixed0.6%
Decided — other0.3%

Source: FJC Integrated Database (public domain), via CourtListener — federal civil cases filed and terminated, 1988–present. Figures are descriptive statistics about how cases of a given type have closed in a given court. They describe the historical record — not a prediction or assessment of any specific case. Not legal advice.